The Trump administration is pausing leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the East Coast due to unspecified national security risks identified by the Pentagon. The pause is effective immediately and will give the Interior Department, which oversees offshore wind, time to work with the Defense Department and other agencies to assess the possible ways to mitigate any security risks posed by the projects, the administration said.

Some rural Virginia localities are shifting how they manage residents' trash after problems with bears and with a more unpredictable species: people.

Members of the General Assembly are about to consider dozens of bills aimed at improving public education. Some of that legislation deals with students who speak English as a second language.

In fiscal year 2025 the Virginia State Police awarded well over a million dollars in equipment grants to 112 law enforcement agencies. Over 70% of those grants went toward purchases of license plate reader hardware and services.

Despite calls for a pause in the drive to hire a new president, members of the UVA Board of Visitors have hired the Dean of the school’s graduate school of business to lead the university for the next five years.

Roanoke city schools unveiled a state historical highway marker honoring Lucy Addison, a pioneering teacher and administrator who transformed education for Black students.

Scott Beardsley has been the dean of UVA’s Darden School of Business since 2015. He will assume the president's duties on January 1st.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin's warning to keep Virginia out is unlikely to be honored by Democrats when he leaves office.

The Trump administration is poised to shift how many and who among the world’s refugees is eligible to resettle here. That’s leaving refugees and advocates in Central Virginia collectively holding their breath.

Virginia’s outgoing governor has one more chance to cement his legacy—a budget.Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.